Performance simulation of grid-connected rooftop solar PV system for small households: A case study of Ujjain, India

Dondariya, Chandrakant; Porwal, Deepak; Awasthi, Anshul; Shukla, Anoop Kumar; Sudhakar, K.; Manohar, S R Murali; Bhimte, Amit

doi:10.1016/j.egyr.2018.08.002

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“…It was found that, PV SOL software to be the easiest, fastest, and the most reliable software for the PV system simulation. While it does not consider neither the pricing policy nor the tariff scheme for system evaluation . The NPV and the IRR was used to study the system viability as an evaluation parameter.…”

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Economic evaluation of rooftop grid‐connected photovoltaic systems for residential building in Egypt

Gabr¹,

Helal

Abbasy

2020

Int Trans Electr Energ Syst

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Summary Egypt is a country with high solar energy potential and the exploitation of such promising energy resource is critical for national sustainable development through efficient energy planning with gradual independence from fossil fuels. Successive incentive polices had been introduced by the Egyptian electricity authority to encourage the deployment of small‐scale residential rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems. This article studies the techno‐economic feasibility of grid‐connected rooftop PV system in Egypt under the currently applied retail electricity price and the net energy metering policy. The study investigates three types of residential households with different electricity demand levels; low, medium, and high consumptions. The economic evaluation of various sizes of the PV system is carried out based on different economic measures such as net present value, cost of energy, payback period, and electricity bill saving. Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources software has been utilized to carry out such economic evaluation. The results identify that the viability of PV installation in residential applications is clearly affected by the energy consumption pattern, the parameters of the incentive policy applied, and the economical indices of the system.

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“…Many researches had been implemented to evaluate the viability of PV integrating for the residential purposes to the utility grid by different techniques . Different researches used more than one parameter to evaluate the integration of PV system with the utility grid by using different software techniques.…”

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Economic evaluation of rooftop grid‐connected photovoltaic systems for residential building in Egypt

Gabr¹,

Helal

Abbasy

2020

Int Trans Electr Energ Syst

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“…The solar radiation data can be estimated by many open-access software and web-based application. The important software to access solar radiation data is PV*SOL, SolarGIS, PVGIS, SISIFO, PVsyst [21], MNRE, SYNERGY ENVIRO PVwatts calculator.…”

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Analysis for sizing of the stand-alone solar photovoltaic thermal system for the residential house at Sultanpur

Singh¹,

Singh

Tiwari³

2020

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Background: In this article, the potential applications of the solar photovoltaic thermal system have been discussed. The increasing cost and rapid depletion of conventional energy, researchers are optimizing the use of solar energy in residential and commercial purposes—the scope of solar energy, providing an alternative for residential and commercial power requirements. The average power requirement of a residential house is calculated with the help of power ratings. Hourly, daily, and monthly power requirement is calculated for designing the optimum size of solar photo voltaic thermal.Results: A stand-alone solar photovoltaic thermal system has been designed. For the sizing of the solar photovoltaic thermal system, meteorological data are collected through Synergy Enviro and PVWatts Calculator. The mathematical calculation and simulation study has been performed to estimate the expected power generation from the PVT. The cash flow and payback period of PVT are calculated. The total cost of installation was rupees 114450/- and the payback period was 9 years approximately.Conclusions: The forecasted output of solar photovoltaic thermal has been calculated based on solar radiation value obtained from different sources. The significant finding of the present study are: The maximum and the minimum electrical load was approximately 7.7 kWh per day in summer and about 2.5 kWh per day in winter. The maximum and minimum solar radiation at the installed site was 7.08 kWh / m 2 / day and 3.32 kWh / m 2 / day. The maximum electrical power calculated by installed solar module is 2466 kWh per year.

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“…Aelenei et al investigated the electricity generation performance of 12-kWp installed power on the south facade a building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) and an additional 12-kWp PV roof system in a nearby car park facility for office buildings at the National Laboratory of Energy and Geology (LNEG), in Portugal [10]. Dondariya et al [11] focused on feasibility analysis of grid-connected rooftop solar photovoltaic system (RSPS) at Ujjain Engineering College, in India. The study presents a comparison of various simulation software, including PV*SOL, PVGIS, SolarGIS, and SISIFO for RSPS.…”

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Performance Analysis of a Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic System

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Turkey is among the countries largely dependent on energy import. This dependency has increased interest in new and alternative energy sources. Installation of rooftop solar photovoltaic systems (RSPSs) in Turkey is increasing continuously regarding geographical and meteorological conditions. This paper presents an insight into the potential situation for Turkey and a simulation study for the RSPS designing and calculation for the faculty building at Marmara University in Istanbul. This simulation study demonstrates that 84.75-kWp grid-connected RSPS can produce remarkable power. The system is performed in detail with the PV*SOL software (Premium 2017 R8 - Test Version, Valentin Software GmbH, Berlin, Germany). Detailed financial and performance analysis of the grid-connected RSPS for faculty building with various parameters is also carried out in this study. According to the simulation results, the system supplies 13.2% of the faculty buildings’ annual electrical energy consumption. The annual savings value of faculty buildings’ electrical consumption is approximately 90,298 kWh energy which costs roughly $7296. A photovoltaic (PV) system installation for the faculty building, which has considerable potential for solar energy and sunshine duration, is indispensable for clean energy requirements and was supported by the simulation results. This paper can be considered to be a basic feasibility study prior to moving on to the implementation project.

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Performance simulation of grid-connected rooftop solar PV system for small households: A case study of Ujjain, India

Cited by 160 publications

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Economic evaluation of rooftop grid‐connected photovoltaic systems for residential building in Egypt

Economic evaluation of rooftop grid‐connected photovoltaic systems for residential building in Egypt

Analysis for sizing of the stand-alone solar photovoltaic thermal system for the residential house at Sultanpur

Performance Analysis of a Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic System

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